Jagatpur, Punjab

Jagatpur
ਜਗਤਪੁਰ
Village
Jagatpur
Location in Punjab, India
Jagatpur
Jagatpur (India)
Coordinates: 31°08′09″N 75°55′42″E / 31.1357759°N 75.9284544°E / 31.1357759; 75.9284544Coordinates: 31°08′09″N 75°55′42″E / 31.1357759°N 75.9284544°E / 31.1357759; 75.9284544
Country  India
State Punjab
District Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar
Government
 • Type Panchayat raj
 • Body Gram panchayat
Elevation 254 m (833 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Total 2,151[1]
  Sex ratio 1084/1067 ♂/♀
Languages
 • Official Punjabi
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN 144507
Telephone code 01823
ISO 3166 code IN-PB
Post office Mukandpur[2]
Website nawanshahr.nic.in

Jagatpur (Punjabi: ਜਗਤਪੁਰ) is a village in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district of Punjab State, India. It is located 2.2 kilometres (1.4 mi) away from postal head office Mukandpur, 9.3 kilometres (5.8 mi) from Banga, 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) from district headquarter Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar and 113 kilometres (70 mi) from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by Sarpanch an elected representative of the village.[3]

Demography

As of 2011, Jagatpur has a total number of 462 houses and population of 2,151 of which 1,084 include are males while 1,067 are females according to the report published by Census India in 2011. literacy rate of Jagatpur is 80.35, higher than state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 207 which is 9.62% of total population of Jagatpur, and child sex ratio is approximately 984 as compared to Punjab state average of 846.[4] Most of the people are from Schedule Caste which constitutes 36.12% of total population in Jagatpur. The town does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far.[1]

Per census 2011, 671 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Jagatpur which includes 594 males and 77 females. According to census survey report 2011, 74.52% workers describe their work as main work and 25.48% workers are involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.[1] Web site : www.jagatpur.org

Education

The village has a Punjabi medium, co-ed primary with secondary school (Ghs Jagatpur School).[5] The school provide mid-day meal as per Indian Midday Meal Scheme[6] and the meal prepared in school premises. As per Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act the school provide free education to children between the ages of 6 and 14. Amardeep Singh Shergill Memorial college is the nearest college.[5]

Transport

Banga train station is the nearest train station however, Phagwara Junction railway station is 21 kilometres (13 mi) away from the village. Sahnewal Airport is the nearest domestic airport which located 52 kilometres (32 mi) away in Ludhiana and the nearest international airport is located in Chandigarh also Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport is the second nearest airport which is 138 kilometres (86 mi) away in Amritsar.[7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Jagatpur Population per Census India". censusindia.gov.in.
  2. ↑ "All India Pincode Directory" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in.
  3. ↑ "List of Sarpanches of Gram Panchayats in SBS Nagar district" (PDF). nawanshahr.gov.in (extract from Punjab Government Gazette).
  4. ↑ "Child Sex Ratio in India (2001-2011)". pib.nic.in.
  5. 1 2 "List of Schools and Colleges in SBS Nagar district" (PDF). sbsnagarpolice.com.
  6. ↑ "Mid Day Meal Society". ssapunjab.org.
  7. ↑ "Distance from Jagatpur (Multiple routes)". Google Map.
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